Business Operations Analyst, Worldwide Public Sector, WWPS EDU/SLG/xTech Operations - Irvine, United States - Amazon

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    Description

    This position will be responsible for Sales Operations and Business analysis for the Education and State and Local Government team within the Worldwide Public Sector (WWPS) Sales Operations organization. This will be a pivotal role that enables you to have significant business impact through your direct involvement in monthly and quarterly metrics, modeling, reporting, forecasting, and providing operations support and ensuring data quality.

    This position will be responsible for leading formalization of the financial and business reporting for the Education and State and Local Government team within WWPS. The role will include being a strategic partner to the sales team, owning requirements for various dashboards, and reporting and advising on operational metrics and key performance indicators to support the rapid growth of the AWS public sector business.

    The WWPS Sales Operations Analyst will work in collaboration and coordination with the Education and State and Local Government sales team they support, including account teams, partner teams, service teams, corporate finance and various other functions. The Operations Analyst will lead the formulation of dashboards, reporting and metrics; support Quarterly Business Reviews; help author strategic narratives, and recommend new ways of managing the business that can help accelerate growth.

    Key job responsibilities

    Key Responsibilities Include, but are not limited to:

    Manage all aspects of Worldwide Public Sector reporting and analysis ensuring timeliness, completeness and accuracy of reporting

    Provide strategic analysis and year/year, quarterly and monthly trend analysis

    Market and industry analysis for education and state and local government markets

    Help author narratives and provide data insights and analysis for Quarterly Business Reviews

    Coordinate with corporate teams to influence roadmap for enhanced business intelligence and CRM tools to support the business

    Headcount management, including supporting prioritization of hiring

    Own the OP1 annual process including headcount needs, revenue estimates, and coverage strategy

    Own annual segmentation and quota setting process

    Strategic partner to the Sales Leader for SLG/EDU

    About the team

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    About Sales, Marketing and Global Services (SMGS)

    AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.

    We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

    Austin, TX, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Denver, CO, USA | Houston, TX, USA | Irvine, CA, USA | Minneapolis, MN, USA | Santa Clara, CA, USA | Santa Monica, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

    Basic Qualifications

    5+ years of Microsoft Excel experience

    Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

    Experience with sales CRM tools such as Salesforce or similar software

    Experience defining, refining and implementing sales processes, procedures and policies or equivalent

    Preferred Qualifications

    5+ years of finance, business management and sales operations experience

    Experience working within a high-growth, technology company

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    Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $70,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $169,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.